Reflection — March 21st

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” If we take this literally, it is a frightening sentence. If everything in the world belongs to God, then he is in everything, good and bad, sacred and profane. Sometimes as Christians we are tempted to withdraw from the world, to keep ourselves apart from what we fear will be its corrupting influences. But what if God is at work in those places we want to avoid? What if our presence could make the presence of God explicit in those places? What if, by avoiding them, we are neglecting the work of the Kingdom? To be: “in the world, but not of the